I was in freshman computer class when I first heard this song in ‘91. Classmate passed me his Discman and everything changed. I got to experience a 70s-style rock renaissance in high school and it all started with this song.

This song killed the hair band era.

Not even in their top 10 of their own tunes.

@@brittanygarrison8030 very true. Song was actually just started off as a drum warmup for Dave Grohl, before they actually decided to turn it into a song. When asked, Kurt actually hated the song! Funny world

It’s about them playing in teen clubs before game. The kids would raise their arms, and all they could smell was Teen Spirit deodorant lol

Yes! and "Come As You Are."

@@sodone4078 That's the one for me. Water, water everywhere.

Come as you are and I swear I dont have a gun but he did R.I.P.. To kurt

In Bloom too

It was the genesis of the "pathetic woke" movement.... We went from everyone having fun..... .. to poor me... I am miserable and it's yours and society's fault... grunge killed rock

@@fredtello And don't you think society is at fault many times? And also didn't rock point out society's shortcomings since 60s with Beatles.

As for the metal it went on to Pantera and Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold people like that I kind of give Pinscher and Slipknot the crown for the 90s and 2000's metal

@@fredtello Or maybe we woke up from a drug induced decade and figured out there was something more to music than coke, bitches and fancy cars.

@@fredtello I love Nirvana but I do have to agree 100% with everything you just said.

I was 6 when this song was released grew up on nirvana can't believe it's been 30 years

I remember the news going out on the street asking people what the lyrics were

@@c-r9743 took some years for the song to make it to my neighborhood but when it did back in 98-99 it actually got some places trashed because people would bang it too hard lol kids be going mad, including myself since i was a kid then

Yeap even me and my homies deep in east OAKLAND was jamming to this

Especially in the clubs, we had a blast!!!!!!!

In 1994 Nirvana came to London, I was 17 and they were the only thing in my life that made sense and kept me going. They played at the Brixton Academy and I wanted to go more than anything in the world, but I couldn’t afford the ticket. My best mate’s Dad ran a pub in Clapham near by, we used to train in boxing at the time so before our sessions we would run around the area and time our selves. On my run I bumped in to three guys unloading a van in to a house. It was Kurt, Krist and Dave. I froze and couldn’t even speak. One of them said something along the lines of “hey young dude, go for it “ as in keep running. I regret not saying anything to this day.

It was the genesis of the "pathetic woke" movement.... We went from everyone having fun..... .. to poor me... I am miserable and it's yours and society's fault... grunge killed rock

Yes it was

I'm 15 and so so jealous I hate my generation

@Milf Fucker Grunge was a sub-genre of alternative rock which is also a sub-genre of rock. Grunge music was known for heavy instrument distortion and the lyrics were usually driven by angst or political and delivered in an obscure manner. Also, to really understand the impact grunge made you have to understand the prior decade, the 80's! In my opinion, that whole decade sucked! Rock music was just about obsolete, except for a few hair metal bands, which I had a hard time taking seriously in their bright spandex, bleached, over-processed hair and makeup. We had political leaders we couldn't relate to because they couldn't relate to us. We were the first generation of latchkey kids. We were a generation seeking something else! And then in the early 90's we all heard this new sound coming out of Seattle! I can't speak for everyone, but, my friends and I were instantly hooked! We weren't like the stereotypical 80's girls. We didn't hang out at the mall! I could have cared less about the new Duran Duran song. We were still listening to Zeppelin and Floyd! We felt like misfits at times! But, when grunge hit the airwaves, we felt we finally had a place!

It was the genesis of the "pathetic woke" movement.... We went from everyone having fun..... .. to poor me... I am miserable and it's yours and society's fault... grunge killed rock

@@fredtelloRock bands from the 80's killed themselves by not putting out good music! Can't have an album with one or two good songs and think..we're good! 😂

@@fredtello I can agree with that. I feel as though the grunge heads I grew up with in that era became the social justice warriors of today

@@fredtello You sound pretty pathetic to me

Actually, while Nirvana did indeed bring Grunge Rock into the mainstream in 1991, hitting #1 on the Billboard charts, they did not create Grunge Rock. There were quite a number of bands from a few years prior that were already doing Grunge Rock such as 'The Pixies' with their song "Where Is My Mind" enjoying some mainstream success in 1987 (but nowhere as close to the success that Nirvana had 4 years later in 1991). 1980s Grunge Rock groups like 'The Pixies' were years ahead of their time, coming out a decade too early...because that 1980s rock era was still dominated by Glam Rock and 'Hair' bands. Nirvana dropped their song and album at just the right time in the early 1990s, finally officially ending the 1980s Glam Rock era. Btw, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana even said that Nirvana's music was heavily influenced by 'The Pixies'. If you haven't already done so, check out the 1987 Grunge Rock offering from 'The Pixies'., with their song "Where Is My Mind". They were definitely ahead of their time.

It was the genesis of the "pathetic woke" movement.... We went from everyone having fun..... .. to poor me... I am miserable and it's yours and society's fault... grunge killed rock

then grunge died on late 90's and Metal was still evolving specially death metal and black metal spawned great bands and albums lol

​@@fredtello You can comprehend songs that are about more than just sex and parties? Most of the 80s was about suppressing actual issues and pretending like everything was perfect, it was mostly a fake shitshow.

Me too. Our Seattle bands really kick butt and Nirvana was no exception to this. Kurt Corbaine was an amazing artist.

I live in Washington too

Come as you are and All apologies are good examples of Kurt's talent. Taken way too soon.

Highly Suspect - Canals, Lydia, my name is human, Serotonia :) would love to see them react to any of those

Not exactly correct they were proud of the song they loved it they didn't think it was their best song on nevermind that title went to in bloom but teen spirit went stratospheric and they didn't want to known for just one song so it was more about people's reaction to it than the song itself .I guess they didn't want to be a one hit wonder group. Radiohead had the same problem with creep but on a much smaller scale

@@alexmat81 yeah you are correct they didn't necessarily hate the song, but they grew tired of only ever having that song requested on TV appearances etc. They felt kinda like a 1 trick pony. They even famously goofed off during one of the live TV performances.

@@TheMetal750 ye man that was on top of the pops in the UK hilarious

They played it live many times

@@ItzBadger. of course they did, it was their most commercial song. They got booed when they didn't.

It was the death of "hair bands"

YESSSS!!!!!!! And "Alive", Better Man", "Jeremy"(UNCENSORED), "Daughter", ETC....

@@michaelgilbert197 DEFINITELY Alive.

That's a compliment right.

My favourite Nirvana performance ever! Kurt was amazing despite being very ill at the time....may he Rest In Peace 🖤

Any song from the Moore concert 🔥🔥

Nevermind is a better introduction to Nirvana for someone that isn’t really into Rock music.